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Jerry Lewisin Profile with Greek Tragedy Mask in Background
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
comedian Jerry Lewis in profile with Greek Tragedy Mask in background, circa 1955, on cardstock. 12" x 10 1
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Greek Tragedy Black Terracotta Mask - France 1950's
By Jean Marais, Vallauris
Located in New York, NY
One of a kind black terracotta Greek tragedy decorative mask. French art from the 50's. In good
Category
Vintage 1950s French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Terracotta
"Jean Cocteau" by Keystone-France
Located in London, GB
decor that relates to his passion for Greek tragedy. Cocteau had in fact directed OEDIPUS REX in 1928
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
In Obscura, dark, symbolic, oil painting, mysterious, surrealistic hands
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Greek tragedy, or mythic characters caught in Promethean struggle, or simply beautiful, floating, lost
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 60 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Osso Sonata, music and anatomy , violin, face,
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Greek tragedy, or mythic characters caught in Promethean struggle, or simply beautiful, floating, lost
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Kimono Matrix, colorful, enigmatic pattern
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Greek tragedy, or mythic characters caught in Promethean struggle, or simply beautiful, floating, lost
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
History and Innocence, symbolic interpretation and social commentary
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Greek tragedy, or mythic characters caught in Promethean struggle, or simply beautiful, floating, lost
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 60 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Watcher, oil painting of mysterious falling figure, eyes, dark space
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Greek tragedy, or mythic characters caught in Promethean struggle, or simply beautiful, floating, lost
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 60 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Mythic Waters, oil painting of mysterious figure, water, African masks
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Greek tragedy, or mythic characters caught in Promethean struggle, or simply beautiful, floating, lost
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 60 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Traveler, oil painting of mysterious nude figure,
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Greek tragedy, or mythic characters caught in Promethean struggle, or simply beautiful, floating, lost
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mirage, male nude
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Greek tragedy, or mythic characters caught in Promethean struggle, or simply beautiful, floating, lost
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Released, male nude, dark colors
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Greek tragedy, or mythic characters caught in Promethean struggle, or simply beautiful, floating, lost
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abyss, male nude
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Greek tragedy, or mythic characters caught in Promethean struggle, or simply beautiful, floating, lost
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bronze Bust of Menelaus King of Sparta Grand Tour, circa 19th Century
Located in London, GB
and Odyssey, Menelaus was also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy, the latter more as a
Category
Antique 1880s French Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Bronze
Silver Bust of Menelaus King of Sparta Grand Tour
Located in Rochester, NY
also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy, the latter more as a hero of the Trojan War than
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Silver Bust of Menelaus King of Sparta Grand Tour
Located in Rochester, NY
also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy, the latter more as a hero of the Trojan War than
Category
Antique 19th Century European Grand Tour Busts
Materials
Silver Plate
‘The Death of Penthesilea’ Oil Painting by André Hofer FREE SHIPPING
Located in Trensacq, FR
’ (The Death of Penthesilea – Classical Greek Tragedy) by French painter and illustrator André Hofer
Category
Early 20th Century French Greco Roman Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Portrait of King Oedipus - Etching by Giacomo Manzù - 1970
By Giacomo Manzú
Located in Roma, IT
sculptors of the twentieth century.
Oedipus King, "Oedipus Tyrannus", is a tragedy by the ancient Greek
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 25.2 in W 19.3 in D 0.04 in
Portrait of King Oedipus - Etching by Giacomo Manzù - 1970
By Giacomo Manzú
Located in Roma, IT
masterpiece and the most paradigmatic example of the mechanisms of the Greek tragedy. The exact date of
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 25.2 in W 19.3 in D 0.04 in
Portrait of King Oedipus - Etching by Giacomo Manzù - 1970
By Giacomo Manzú
Located in Roma, IT
masterpiece and the most paradigmatic example of the mechanisms of the Greek tragedy. The exact date of
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 25.2 in W 19.3 in D 0.04 in
Portrait of King Oedipus - Etching by Giacomo Manzù - 1970
By Giacomo Manzú
Located in Roma, IT
masterpiece and the most paradigmatic example of the mechanisms of the Greek tragedy. The exact date of
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 25.2 in W 19.3 in D 0.04 in
Portrait of King Oedipus - Etching by Giacomo Manzù - 1970
By Giacomo Manzú
Located in Roma, IT
be his masterpiece and the most paradigmatic example of the mechanisms of the Greek tragedy. The
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 25.2 in W 19.3 in D 0.04 in
Milton Berle as Greek Masks of Comedy and Tragedy
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
margins.
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of enduring TV Host Milton Berle as the Greek Masks
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Ink, Illustration Board
Oedipus - Etching by Giacomo Manzù - 1968
By Giacomo Manzú
Located in Roma, IT
the mechanisms of the Greek tragedy. The exact date of representation is unknown but it is
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Scene from King Oedipus - Etching by Giacomo Manzù - 1968
By Giacomo Manzú
Located in Roma, IT
the mechanisms of the Greek tragedy. The exact date of representation is unknown but it is
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
H 14.97 in W 10.04 in D 0.04 in
King Oedipus' Fight - Etching by Giacomo Manzù - 1968
By Giacomo Manzú
Located in Roma, IT
and the most paradigmatic example of the mechanisms of the Greek tragedy. The exact date of
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 14.97 in W 10.04 in D 0.04 in
Midcentury Handcrafted Mask Depicting the Comedy and Tragedy of Greek Theatre
Located in Roma, IT
A couple of vintage masks inspired by the Greek Roman theater.
They were made in solid brass and
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Greco Roman Masks
Materials
Brass
H 4.34 in W 3.94 in D 1.19 in
Portrait of Oedipus - Etching by Giacomo Manzù - 1968
By Giacomo Manzú
Located in Roma, IT
most paradigmatic example of the mechanisms of the Greek tragedy. The exact date of representation is
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
H 14.97 in W 10.04 in D 0.04 in
Jason and Medea - Greek Mythological Couple Inspired Diptych of Love and Tragedy
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
The Greek myth of Medea, the enchantress who helped Jason, leader of the Argonauts, obtain the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Oedipus Becoming Blind - Etching by Giacomo Manzù - 1968
By Giacomo Manzú
Located in Roma, IT
most paradigmatic example of the mechanisms of the Greek tragedy. The exact date of representation is
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
H 14.97 in W 10.04 in D 0.04 in
Golden Fleece
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
drama – typified by Greek tragedy.
Catalogue - Erté: The Last Works (Dutton, pgs. 115, 207).
From the
Category
20th Century Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Small Gold Theatrical Mask Earrings, Tragedy & Comedy
Located in St. Catharines, ON
Pair of Tragedy and Comedy Masks earrings in polished 14k yellow gold, mounted on gold posts
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Classical Greek Stud Earrings
Materials
14k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Tragic Poet House Italian Tile Top Wood and Wrought Iron Table Cave Canem Pompei
Located in Atlanta, GA
table exudes the mystery and the history. With six tiles representing scenes from a Greek tragedy and
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Iron
H 20.5 in W 28.5 in D 20.5 in
Melpomene – Muse of Tragedy [Μελπομένη]
By Joseph Czaky
Located in London, GB
JOSEPH CSAKY 1888-1971
1888 - 1971 Paris (Hungarian/French)
Title: Melpomene – Muse of Tragedy
Category
1960s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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Comedy and Tragedy of the Animal, Marble Sculpture by Tom von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Comedy and Tragedy of the Animal, marble sculpture by Tom von Kaenel
2019
Dimensions: W 32 x D 9
Category
2010s Greek Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Comedy and Tragedy of the Animal Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Comedy and tragedy of the animal marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Dimensions: D18 x W19 x H49 cm
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Comedy and Tragedy of the Animal Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Comedy and Tragedy of the Animal Marble sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Dimensions: D13 x W20 x H48 cm
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Comedy and Tragedy of the Animal Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
By Tom von Kaenel
Located in Geneve, CH
Comedy and Tragedy of the Animal Marble Sculpture by Tom Von Kaenel
Dimensions: D15 x H62 cm
Category
2010s Greek Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Lupo, wolf, sleeping face, mystery blacks and dark colors symbolist elements
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Greek tragedy, or mythic characters caught in Promethean struggle, or simply beautiful, floating, lost
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Margot de Taxco Mexican Sterling Silver Comedy & Tragedy Mask Cufflinks
By Margot De Taxco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of Mexican Modernist cufflinks.
By Margot de Taxco.
Each with masks of the Greek
Category
20th Century Mexican Modernist Cufflinks
Materials
Sterling Silver
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H 1.19 in W 0.99 in D 0.79 in
Fine Almost Life Size 1940's Plaster Comedy and Tragedy Theater Masks Sculptures
Located in Atlanta, GA
ancient greek drama with the smiling and frowning faces. They are the Comedy and Tragedy masks that were
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Plaster
H 8.5 in W 5.5 in D 3.75 in
Ancient Greek Dionysus Cameo Ring
Located in New Orleans, LA
festivals of ancient Greece included performances of tragedy and comedy. Though in early Greek art he was
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier European Signet Rings
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
18th Century The Sacrifice of Iphigenia Roma School Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Milan, IT
Greek tragedies Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripides and Agamemnon by Aeschylus, as well as in Ovid's
Category
Antique 18th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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H 19.69 in W 25.4 in D 1.58 in
"Three Medusas, " Eugene Berman, Surrealism, Greek Still Life
By Eugene Berman
Located in New York, NY
part of a theatrical and surreal dream infused with a sense of tragedy."
In 1947 and 1949, Berman had
Category
1960s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Original "Zorba The Greek" US 1-sheet vintage movie poster 1965
Located in Spokane, WA
Original U. S. one sheet Zorba the Greek vintage movie poster. Linen backed. NSS: 65/70. Very
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Offset
Set 5, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Lost Worlds, Middle Ages, Elizab, World
Located in valatie, NY
Greek civilization: the epics of Homer; the seminal tragedies of Agamemnon, Euripides and Sophocles; the
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 12.25 in W 9.25 in D 1.25 in
Beauty's Kiss - Woman Kissing a Statue of a Greek Warrior, Original Oil Painting
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
A modern woman embraces a sculpture of a Greek Warrior in Bruno Surdo's painting titled "Beauty's
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nemesis Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Antalya Museum'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
, and visits all evil against the illusory; Thus, maintaining the right balance of what the Greeks
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Statuary Marble
Hera, a clear, grey & black figurative glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
By Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
stand tall like a character in a play, conveying the essence of inevitable tragedy to be found in life
Category
2010s British Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Glass
H 25.79 in W 7.49 in D 5.12 in
Ares, a black, white & grey figurative glass sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
By Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
stand tall like a character in a play, conveying the essence of inevitable tragedy to be found in life
Category
2010s British Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
H 25.6 in W 7.09 in D 5.12 in
Hephaestus, a clear & grey glass figurative sculpture by Cathryn Shilling
By Cathryn Shilling
Located in London, GB
stand tall like a character in a play, conveying the essence of inevitable tragedy to be found in life
Category
2010s British Classical Greek Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
H 26.78 in W 7.09 in D 5.52 in
Narciso, Sculptural geometric stainless steel center table by Pedro Cerisola
By Pedro Cerisola
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
The NARCISO center table draws inspiration from the homonymous Greek myth of Narcissus, who, in
Category
2010s Mexican Minimalist Center Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
On the Land of the Gods (Plate 7)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, FR
reflects Chagall's passion for Greek civilization since his travels to Greece in 1952 and 1954. It
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pair of 'Maschere' (Masks) Bookends by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, circa 1950
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in London, GB
Fornasetti. The bookends each depict a Greek theatrical mask, (tragedy), and are executed in black and gold
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Metal
H 5.91 in W 5.32 in D 3.94 in
Framed Editioned Photograph Homage to Cavafy Series by Duane Michals
By Duane Michals
Located in Atlanta, GA
clearly in his palm. There would be a terrible tragedy. My love could not protect him" from Homage to
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Photography
Materials
Wood, Paper
Swedish Art Deco, Palladium Theatre "Comedy" Sculpture in Copper, Stockholm 1920
Located in New York, NY
completely of copper this “comedy” face is enclosed in a stylized Greek Chalcidian helmet. Newly restored the
Category
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
H 36 in W 25 in D 22 in
Mantel Clock 19th Century, Napoleon III Period
Located in Warsaw, PL
whole is shown in the Greek style with the goddess Melpomene sitting on the top. In Greek mythology she
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Mantel Clocks
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Interchange Between Myth and Reality - Monumental Painting, Original Oil
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
knowledge of the history of figuration from the ancient Greeks to modern day cinematic masterpieces. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Parnassus Apollo after Raffaello Oil on canvas 17/18th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Parnassus, near the fountain Castalia, for Greek mythology the home of the Muses, where ancient and modern
Category
18th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Broadway's in Fashion
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
their all for each performance, and the Greek masks of comedy and tragedy, the universal symbols of the
Category
20th Century Art Deco Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
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